<p>okay.
say that i got caught trying to jump to another section on the SAT
and that was found out during the investigation...(for some stupid reason)
what would be the possible consequence?
does it really hurt my college chance...???
would they send a letter to the colleges and stuff????
i'm just soooo scared.</p>
<p>first off...i wouldn't be posting it on an online message board where anyone can read this. Just a thought.</p>
<p>I wouldn't sweat it. Your arguments could be, there are millions of other students who have done this and all just received a warning. Your improvements are of your own merits.</p>
<p>It depends. If you got caught and your proctor wasn't lazy, they filed an "irregularity report" and put your answer sheet on top of all the others (w/ the report). </p>
<p>If they didn't, you could still be flagged for score improvement, but I wouldn't worry about that- really, they check answers of the students around you (and compare to see if you copied from them) and check your handwriting (so you don't pay a friend to take the test for you). It's possible that they'd contact the proctor, but if the proctor neglected to file a report, would they remember your name? Probably not, and I don't think they'd take the chance of penalizing the wrong student (not to mention that they don't want to get in trouble for not submitting the report in the first place). If there was some sign of cheating (e.x. some guy on these forums, few posts back skipped to the vocab section ahead and wrote down some of the next section in the math section he was supposed to be working on), you could still get caught.</p>
<p>It depends, that's the best answer I can give you :|</p>
<p>Dude just relax, i wrote a SAT test as a standby, and I skipped to atleast 3 sections, and after coming to section 9, I found out that I had filled in section 7 in section 8 and section 8 in 9 and 9 in 10! holy crapz!!!! so section 7 was blank and everything after that was in the wrong place!. But our proctor was really considerate and he told me to just mark evrything in the question booklet and he gave me extra time to retranfer everything. (u bet i took my time in doing that :)) )</p>
<p>I'm actually worried about the flagging thing
I took the SAT Sophomore year and got a 1640/2400
thats
600m 530cr and 510w</p>
<p>Now I am expecting (senior), after consulting with others, a 2200-2340ish score</p>
<p>Thats a big jump, so do you think my test will get flagged?</p>
<p>Unless you cheated, flagging should be a non-issue for you. In the case that you get flagged, your test will be cleared once it is determined that you haven't violated any of the testing procedures, and your score will stand.</p>
<p>Drats! I finished early on one of the CR readings so I decided to work on the last math problem of the preceding section. But since I didn't want to make it conspicuous, I did the problem (redrew the graph, did some equations) on the reading section. And I forgot to erase...
Hopefully I don't get flagged and if that should occur, I won't be penalized too much. I mean, everyone does it right? I don't feel like I cheated in my book, since if one finishes a section early he or she should have time to compensate for another section.</p>
<p>"I don't feel like I cheated in my book, since if one finishes a section early he or she should have time to compensate for another section."</p>
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<p>sorry, I don't think CB feels that way. technically, that's considered "cheating".</p>
<p>I know that, obviously, as that is one of their rules. Thanks for telling me though.</p>
<p>Kyugen isn't debating that it's cheating. The answer is no, you're unlikely to get flagged unless you've done a lot of prep since your last one and your score goes up significantly.</p>
<p>If you do, it would be very likely to screw you over :P</p>
<p>firstly, i dont think it wud hurt ur college chance...
as said earlier, millions of students around the globe must have got caught.
but since ur score bump is huge... if i were in ur position i wud insist tht the bump was cause of my hardwork... and am willing to prove it(mini-test or sumthing)</p>
<p>I tend to write the previous sections' problems (from memory) that interested me and wanted to confirm, if I have time left over (because I have nothing else left to do). If you are expecting a jump from say, 2090 to 2290, a flag won't single me out for that would it?</p>
<p>No, not everyone does it.</p>
<p>Does what, exactly?</p>
<p>This whole thread makes me sick.</p>
<p>What about the kids that don't resort to cheating, do everything honestly, have integrity, and take what ever comes.</p>
<p>All of the above that have wondered, what if, well if you get caught you deserve to be caught. You are all cheating.</p>
<p>@samiamy</p>
<p>Well. judging from what I've read so far, the goal is to cheat and not get caught. If you're honest, you're a loser, and if you get caught, that sucks. Yeah, it's f***ed up.</p>
<p>Some things could be misinterpreted as definite attempts at cheating (it's possible to just obessively go over your previous problems in the current section and not make changes). However, that is "work from another section" and is cheating. I've seen other kids talk on the cell phone in the bathroom, talking to fellow test takers about questions, and then acting stunned when their test is destroyed and they are not allowed back in...</p>
<p>The thing is, most proctors really don't give a damn. They get paid barely anything, and it's easier to read a book then to actually watch. However, there are still numerous cheating detection methods, and there is still a high risk you could get caught. Not to mention that if they found out retroactively, whatever college you graduated from could pull the plug on your diploma. You were a college grad...not anymore!</p>
<p>Not worth the risk, IMO, not to mention that if you have any sense of decency you'd take the test legitimately :(</p>
<p>Yeah I can honestly say I've never looked back on other sections to finish, as much as I've wanted to. It's dishonest and it's unfair to everyone else taking the test to do that.</p>
<p>I agree mairoula517. I guessed on two math problems on my last ACT (out of time), and I had the time to make them up on the next section...</p>
<p>But I was honest and I left them wrong. And his isn't supposed to be an "I'm better than you" sort of post, just that I believe that I should be fair to others taking the test.</p>
<p>That's what I meant. My own sense of personal integrity kept me reviewing only the current section as I finished each section with extra time. (I've always finished standardized test sections with extra time; I've been a fast reader since I was a little kid.) The rule is to work on each test section with just that section's time limit. There's nothing to be scared about if you follow the rules.</p>